AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoDigital Infrastructure in Iraq: Uptime Institute signed a strategic partnership with Nineveh Governorate to speed up Iraq’s digital transformation, aiming to strengthen resilient, globally aligned digital infrastructure. Iraq–Türkiye Diplomacy: Iraqi PM Ali al-Zaidi’s upcoming Ankara visit with Erdoğan is set to cover security, energy, water, and economic cooperation as Baghdad seeks a bigger regional role. Gulf Defense Cooperation: Kuwait ratified a defense pact with Pakistan, expanding training, intelligence sharing, logistics, military tech, and research under a joint committee. Workforce Culture Clash: A Shafaq News report highlights how foreign professionals in Iraq’s hospitals, factories, and engineering firms struggle with language and social norms, while Iraqis find communication uneven. Tech & Skills in Focus: A Vicenza student selected for a Red Cross summit after researching journalism during armed conflict shows how STEM-adjacent civic training is reaching conflict reporting. AI Talent Pressure: Big Tech’s AI race is being funded by cutting skilled staff, raising concerns about whether the spending is actually paying off. Energy Shock Watch: With US-Iran strikes paused then threatened again, oil and shipping risks keep rattling markets and raise costs.
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